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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
3
Ruth Downing visits a shoe shop with Dick and Ruggles. Ruggles contemplates a career move as Ruth gives pragmatic career advice and hints at future opportunities at Walkeasy. The scene shifts to plans for a Vienna store and language hurdles for Ruggles amid an upscale shopping encounter.
Dick Downing and Ruth Downing visit Paris in a vivid fiction scene. They meet Ruggles, a shop manager, and discuss preparations for a Swiss hiking trip while eyeing stock in a Paris store. The dialogue sketches family lineage and character amid a travel frame.
The obituary praises Robert Bacon for upholding highest ideals of truth and duty in education and public life. It notes his unwavering honesty in finance patriotism and health matters, his willingness to sacrifice health for service, and his readiness to serve when called to active duty despite exhaustion. It recalls his Alaska and Europe trips for recovery and his belief in serving to the last drop of effort.
Advertisements in German language papers and a United States trade paper announce a zeppelin freight and passenger service linking New York and Hamburg with calls at Boston Chicago Berlin and Dusseldorf. Importer Hans Khars says he is designated by an American banker to act as overseas dirigible agent.
Labor department returns show a slight June rise in the cost of living. The average price of a 29-item staple food list across 60 cities at mid month was 13.72 dollars, up from 13.53 in May and 12.79 in June 1918, with 7.35 in June 1914.
Edward De Valera, head of the Irish republic, seeks to raise 5 million dollars in the United States for the unrecognized government. He says the Irish republic bond issue would pay its first interest within six months after Britain recognizes Ireland’s independence and withdraws troops.
In a quirky court remark a prisoner jokes about timing and danger as police recount a domestic dispute with the wife. The judge and courtroom scene pivot on cautious phrasing and a pun about windows.
Ottawa Ue recommends Air Board action approved by Privy Council forbidding dangerous flying. Trick or exhibition flying over urban areas and at regattas is prohibited unless promoters arrange exceptions. Flying over cities must allow safe landing. dangerous flying is forbidden. Penalties include six months in prison or a $1000 fine or both for pilots and owners.
The Right Hon J M Robertson of the Asquith ministry argues for increased production to cover war debts and boost export trade. He cautions against reduced hours if real wages lag and warns Germany as a future rival, urging industrial leaders to adopt plans for industrial control and a spirit of national service.
Paris cabinet approves energetic steps to ease rising prices. Government food matters will be doubled, additional popular restaurants opened, and foodstuffs allocated to cooperative associations. War department stock food prices fixed and sold by co ops, with penalties for speculation and a new under secretary for food.
A Manitoba Rural Credits conference highlighted benefits of proper system development. Professor Reynolds and Geo W Prout Jr urged growth in rural lending, sharing insights from 36 listing societies. E A Weir described operations, noting solid security standards and strong results in remote districts. Edward Brown warned on eventual departmental shifts.
Taig urges immediate military training in Aberdeen Scotland amid claims of national unpreparedness. He states those opposing readiness are wrong and insists the nation must be prepared for potential conflict.
The 1918 mineral production total in British Columbia stands at 41 dollars with a large figure of 4,772,082 dollars cited elsewhere. The report notes a gradual rise in value and hints at ongoing economic activity in the province's mining sector.
Government reports indicate one million sheep and about 1000 cattle drowned in southern Ayres province due to a month of record rainfall. Railways and communications were disrupted as floods isolated regions for over a week. Snow further blocks rail lines on the Chilean side with depths surpassing 26 feet in some areas.
A prominent group led by Percy M. Farber and John Arbuthner forms a vast BC lumber syndicate to supply mills and forests to world markets. Initial orders total 30 million feet with orders from British interests and potential billions more from Europe and other regions. Targets include Oriental, Australian, and South American markets via Atlantic ports and Panama.
A large crowd including Prince Oscar witnessed the sale of ex imperial horses and carriages at Potsdam stables. Prices rose high with two old saddle horses selling for as much as 20,000 marks each, nominally about $1,000, claimed to be the Kaiser's and Kaiserin's mounts.
Regina Saskatchewan reports poultry products revenue exceeding 3 million dollars annually as the provincial dairy commissioner notes rapid industry growth and rising demand in the province. The data underscores expanding markets for poultry producers and related commerce within the region.
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